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¶ [116c] During the events in Sind, it was mentioned earlier that ʿAbbas Mirza “Naʾib al-Saltanah” of Iran entered Khurasan planning to conquer Herat and Turkistan. He raided Sarakhs, freed the Iranian prisoners held by the ¶ Turkmens, and brought turmoil and confusion into the heart of Turkmen country. Prince Kamran, the governor at Herat, wanted to ally himself with Naʾib al-Saltanah and so sent him the letters of Muhammad Khan Qaraʾi. These letters, which had previously been sent to the prince, said,

“This intervention of Naʾib al-Saltanah in the Turkmen districts is not ju…